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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,641 approved · 2,522 refused · 295 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
100 St James's Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 4HQ
Received 5 May 2023101 Ridley Road, Bromley, BR2 0EU
Received 13 Apr 2023Crystal Palace Football Club Academy, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ
Received 9 May 202345 Croft Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0QH
Received 7 Jun 20235 The Meadway, Orpington, BR6 6HH
Received 9 Nov 202380 Cranmore Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6ET
Received 24 Apr 2023114 Gillmans Road, Orpington, BR5 4LD
Received 14 Jun 202345 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NE
Received 20 Jul 2023The Retreat, Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AJ
Received 19 Aug 202418 Gravel Road, Bromley, BR2 8PF
Received 28 Jun 2023Land At, New Mill Road, Orpington
Received 28 Mar 202370 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QB
Received 10 Jul 20236 - 20 Burrell Row, Beckenham, BR3 1AT
Received 12 May 202386 Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EE
Received 9 Jun 202349 Wordsworth Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JF
Received 20 Nov 2023Flat 1, Southill Court, 107 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, BR2 0UY
Received 21 Dec 202343 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 0JN
Received 11 Sept 2023Pentagon House, Main Road, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HP
Received 4 Jan 202410 Durrant Way, Orpington, BR6 7EH
Received 6 Sept 202383F Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, BR3 5DA
Received 19 Sept 2023The Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EH
Received 12 Sept 202312 Crossley Close, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BL
Received 3 Jan 202440 Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6HY
Received 21 Feb 202427 The Mead, West Wickham, BR4 0BA
Received 3 Nov 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Bromley, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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